Concerts
CALVARY’S COMMUNITY CONCERT SERIES
General Information:
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The Community Concert Series is presented by the Music and Arts Ministry of Calvary United Methodist Church. Support is provided through grants from The Frederick Arts Council, The Delaplaine Foundation, and The William Cross Foundation.
Most concerts are free and open to the public.
Concerts begin at 3:00 p.m. Doors open at 2:30
Please note: Concert dates are firm at the time of posting and rarely change, but changes or cancellations by the artist/group and/or inclement weather may happen due to circumstances beyond our control. Email list subscribers will receive notice by email, and changes will be posted on this web page.
Concert Coordinator: Joyce Summers, jsummers@calvaryumc.org
2024-2025 Community Concert Series
April 13, 2025 – Anna Lapwood MBE, organist
Please note: This concert begins at 4:00 p.m., with seating beginning at 3:00 p.m. Tickets are required, see below for more details. Seating will be first-come, first-served at the direction of the ushers.
From the United Kingdom, international sensation and star Anna Lapwood MBE will present a mix of classical and contemporary organ favorites. Known for her passion to bring organ music to the masses with the goal of making it relevant and fun, Anna will delight and entertain as she engages all the colors and sounds of Calvary UMC’s new Cornel Zimmer pipe organ. Anna is an associate artist of the Royal Albert Hall (London) and holds the position of Director of Music at Pembroke College (Cambridge). She was awarded an Associateship of the Royal Academy of Music and the prestigious Gamechanger Award from the Royal Philharmonic Society in 2023. www.AnnaLapwood.co.uk
Due to demand and popularity, this event will require pre-paid tickets at a cost of $20 per person + online fees. Seating is limited and is expected to fill to capacity. NO WALK-INS. TICKETS WILL NOT BE AVAILABLE AT THE DOOR.
To purchase tickets, click HERE. If the event page displays “Sold-Out” message, please check back periodically as more tickets may become available.
May 4, 2025 – Mendelssohn Piano Trio
Calvary UMC’s 2024-2025 Community Concert Series presents the Mendelssohn Piano Trio. Since its founding in 1997, they have performed over 500 concerts in the U.S., Europe and Asia. The Trio – Peter Sirotin, violinist, Fiona Thompson, cellist, and Ya-Ting Chang, pianist – embrace an extensive repertoire of over 100 works of music from all periods of the genre’s history. Their program “Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man” explores the tension between tradition and innovation in music by Beethoven, Rachmaninoff and Korngold.
2025-2026 Community Concert Series
October 5, 2025, 3:00 p.m. – Ars Gratia Populi 
A vocal ensemble founded in 2023 by All-Ireland Champion Kevin Elam, the group explores the interactions between art music and folk music in a cappella setting. The name, Ars Gratia Populi, translated as “art for art’s sake,” represents their view that art derives its meaning not from itself but from the positive reaction it can create in the human mind and soul.
November 16, 2025, 3:00 p.m. – Laura Kobayashi, violinist, and Susan Grey, pianist
These award-winning musicians have been performing together for more than 30 years throughout the United States and many other countries worldwide. The Duo is in demand for their skillful presentations of the standard repertoire as well as their specialty of the works of more than twenty-five 19th to 21st century women composers.
January 11, 2026, 3:00 p.m. – Ayreheart
Ayreheart was founded by Grammy-nominated lutenist/composer Ronn McFarlane. Performing with lute, vocals, colascione (a type of bass lute), violin, guitar, and percussion, Ayreheart offers a program of Renaissance music and traditional folk music from the British Isles. Music of John Dowland and William Byrd are featured alongside anonymous ballad tunes and folk songs from Renaissance England, Scotland, and Wales. This program explores the parallels between high art music and traditional folk music of the time, and includes original music steeped in traditions of the past.
March 1, 2026 at 3:00 p.m. – Brian Ganz, pianist
Extreme Chopin – the final installment!
Brian Ganz’s quest to perform all 250 works by Fryderyk Chopin comes to a close in 2026, and Calvary UMC has been honored to support this endeavor nearly every year since 2011. This concert, which will be performed on Chopin’s 216th birthday, is an interactive and highly energetic performance where Mr. Ganz brings Chopin’s music to life with emotional power and warmth.
March 15, 2026, 3:00 p.m. – Peter DuBois, organist
Peter DuBois is director of music/organist emeritus at Third Presbyterian Church in Rochester, NY, and host/producer of the nationally syndicated public radio program “With Heart and Voice” (www.withheartandvoice.org) heard on more than 125 public radio stations across the U.S. A graduate of Eastman School of Music and University of Michigan, his performances have been heard throughout the U.S. and abroad, including St. Paul’s Cathedral in London; the Cathédrale Notre Dame de Paris; the Basilica of St. Clotilde in Paris; and the Cathédrale du Saint-Sauveur in Aix-en-Provence. Join us for an exciting performance of organ music on Calvary UMC’s new Cornel Zimmer Pipe Organ.
www.bach-cantatas.com/Bio/DuBois-Peter.htm
April 12, 2026, 3:00 p.m. – Duo Arpeggione Catherine Lan, pianist and Claudio Jaffé, cellist
“Simplicity and Turbulence”
Critically-acclaimed concert artists, chamber musicians, and soloists Catherine Lan and Claudio Jaffé have performed throughout the world and in notable venues such as Carnegie Hall and the Kennedy Center. They will perform works by Bach, Beethoven, Grieg, and Foote and will bring these musical compositions to life with virtuosity, passion, humor, and sensitivity in a program you don’t want to miss.
Praised by critics as a pianist with “fluent technique, sensitive musicianship and a probing intellect”, Dr. Catherine Lan has concertized across Japan, Singapore, Taiwan, Mexico, Thailand, United Kingdom, Italy, Croatia, Slovenia, and Ireland at prestigious venues such as the Carnegie Hall in New York and Orpheum Theatre in Vancouver. She is an avid Chamber musician and soloist. www.CatherineLan.com
Cellist Claudio Jaffé has been hailed by The New York Times as “an elegant and accomplished artist” of “taste, technique, musicianship, and contagious youthful enthusiasm”. His recitals and guest solo appearances with multiple orchestras have been across the U.S. and abroad. As a recitalist and chamber musician, Jaffé has concertized around the world, including the Weill Recital Hall, the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC; the Teatro Colon in Buenos Aires; Sala Cecilia Meireles in Rio de Janeiro, and many more.
May 17, 2026, 3:00 p.m. – The Anderson Brothers Play Gershwin
Identical twin brothers Peter and Will Anderson are some of the most extraordinary jazz woodwind players today. Juilliard School graduates, they’ve performed with notable jazz orchestras, including Wynton Marsalis, headlined at Carnegie Hall, Kennedy Center, Blues Alley, and many more. Join Peter and Will (saxophones, clarinets, flutes) and guitarist Adam Moezinia for a wonderful afternoon of jazz favorites: Rhapsody in Blue, Summertime, I Got Rhythm, They Can’t Take That Away from Me, and more in a lovely show chronicling Gershwin’s musical journey.
Support Calvary Music and Arts Ministry
Artistic expression, among the greatest of gifts offered to humankind, is meant to be shared with one another. It is the mission of Calvary’s Music and Arts Ministry to offer quality programs to our congregation and as an outreach to the community for little or no charge.
We are not funded by the general church budget, and rely primarily on contributions of supporters like you. Your generous contributions will allow us to continue offering concerts by our own church musicians as well as artists from around the country and throughout the world.
Tax-deductible contributions can be mailed to:
Calvary UMC
131 West Second Street
Frederick, MD 21701.
Please note “Music and Arts Ministry” in the check’s memo line. Please add “Community Concert Series” in the memo line.
Each contributor will receive an acknowledgement letter. Contributions are tax deductible to the fullest extent allowed by law.